Sunday, April 20, 2014

Levy Brothers – part 2

Out of the four Levy brothers (my grandfather, Sig Levy, and his brothers), only three had children and only one, Sig, had only boys. So to continue with the Levy brothers theme, meet my dad, Gordon (1927-2005), and his brother, Robert Levy (1920-2004)

Here’s one of the first photos of the boys together. Since my dad was born in February, 1927 I’m guessing this is late that year. I don’t know for sure (maybe a cousin can help me out here) but I think that might be their house at 1212 Van Ness, Fresno. Dad doesn’t look too happy.

He seemed a little happier, and steadier on his feet, by May, 1928. Looks like the boys were ready to swim!

Later that year, the boys posed with their mother, Loraine. I just love her hat!

Dad turned 2 on February 11, 1929 and again the boys posed for a photo. How cute are they in their little coats and hats? Looks like Dad got a fun little riding toy for his birthday. One look at this photo and there’s no doubt I’m a Levy.

And five years later, they celebrated Dad’s birthday again together – the hats and coats are gone. Love the slicked back hair, Rob!

By 1943 Rob was off to serve his country but had to pose for a few photos first. Look at them shaking hands – something, it seems, that my family did a lot.

July 15, 1943

March 12, 1944

And in December, 1947 the whole family posed together. This tells a lot about my grandfather – Dad was about 5-9” and he towers over Sig.

Fast forward about 20 years and the boys were still posing together.

Rob and Gordonc. 1962

Dad and Rob never lived near each other as adults but even with the miles and years between them they always remained close. We loved when “Uncle Bobo” came to town and we always laughed at his jokes, no matter how corny (and most of the time they were corny).

I’m going to guess this photo is from the 1970’s or early 1980’s – check out the glasses!

Uncle Rob and Aunt Pat came to visit us here in Washington in 1997 – of course we couldn’t keep Dad away. These brothers loved each other and they loved to keep their cameras close by at all times. Since they were usually the photographers, it was hard to get them to pose together but we were able to get them to stand still in front of Snoqualmie Falls.

While I know they saw each other many more times in their lives, this might have been the last time I saw them together.

But in early 1998, I had the pleasure of visiting Rob and Pat at their home in Louisville, Kentucky so I filled in for Dad with the photo opportunity!

I’m so glad these Levy brothers broke the mold and never let each other out of their lives!

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I'm a newbie family historian and love learning about where I came from. Hopefully my daughters and grandchildren will love learning about where they came from, too :-)
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